Valve



March 29, 1938. J. w. MaccLA-ljcHlE 2,112,592

VAIVE Filed Marcha, 1955 ATTORNEY.

`Patented Mar. 29, 1938 PATENT OFFIACE VALVE John W. MacClatchie,

signor to MacClatchie of California, Compton,

California Los Angeles, Calif., as-

Manufacturing Company Calif., a corporation of Application March 5, 1935,' Serial No. 9,375

i claims.,

This invention is a valve, and has for an object to protect all metal surfaces of the valve against contact with the flow, thereby adapting the valve for use with acids or any fluid which attacks s metal.

`It is a further `object of the invention to provide a flexible liner for the valve, normally having an open bore for passage of iiuid and adapted to be twisted so as to shut oi the bore for closing the valve.

It is a still further object of the invention to twist the flexible liner so as to squeeze it shut at spaced points along its length and thus provide a closure seal at each of a plurality of points. Y

l It is a still further object of the invention to twist the liner and squeeze it shut without excessively transversely distorting the liner such as might cause undue wear and appreciably shorten its life.

It is a still further object of the invention to twist the liner to varying degrees, so as to squeeze it more or less as may be necessary to eilectively seal against a particular pressure.

-It is a still further object of the invention to twist the liner by operating means which automatically retains any adjusted position so as to' keep the liner correspondingly twisted.

`1It is a s till further object of the invention to provide an assembly whereby the liner may be conveniently inserted, removed and replaced, with the liner securely held in the valve body when. the parts are assembled.

Further. objects of the invention will be readily 4understood from the following description of the accompanying drawing, in which:

1 is a side elevation of the valve.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3'is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Flg. 1.' f

Figs'. 4 and 5 are' axiali sections on the line 4 4, of Fig. 1, showing the valvein 4open and I closed position respectively. The valve comprises a body which is preferably axially split so as 4to form cooperating halves IIl which may be releasably held in assembled mating relation by bolts 2. The body has a longitii'dinal bore 3 for passage of uid, intercepted at its medial portion 3B' by a transverse 'bore 4 The, bore 3 is preferably circular at its ends, with its medial portion 3a verticallyy elongated and horizontally restricted in cross-section as shown at Figs. 1 and 4, and the plug 5 has'a transverse 55 pore 6 which is vertically elongated as shown at which vis adapted to receive a rotatable plug 5.

Fig. 3 so as to substantially correspond to the medial portion 3a of the bore 3.

- A resiliently nexible liner l' is adapted for reception in the bores 3 6 and is of a material such as rubber which is not injured by acids or 5 other uids such as might attack metal. The resilient liner is normally cylindrical with its ends of a diameter to fit snugly in the circular ends of bore 3, and when the bores 3-6 are alined the medial portion o the liner conforms to the elongated bores .3e-6, preferably with lsome clearance left between the vertical cross-sectional elongation of the liner and the vertical 'elongation of said bores as shown at E, and with said vertical cross-sectional elongation of the liner permitting horizontal cross-sectional restriction thereof without subjecting the liner to undue stress. The liner thus provides an open bore 8 for now of fluid through the valve, with the liner completely protecting the body and valve plug against contact by the fluid.

When the plug 5 is turned in the direction of arrow A the liner is transversely twisted in opposite directions at the points B-C so that at each of said points its opposite'side walls aie squeezed 25 together between a .side wall of bore 3a and a proximate side wall of bore 6 as shown at Fig. 5. The side wall of bore 3"L is preferably rounded oi where it meets the'bore 4 so as notk to form a sharp corner such as might cut the liner when it is squeezed, and for the same reason -the side wall of bore 6 is .rounded off at Aits outer end as shown at 6b. When the liner is thus squeezed its boreis closed so as to seal against passage of fluid at each of the points,B-C, with the tightness of -the seal determined by the degree to which plug 5 is turned. The squeezing action is obtained with the maximum cross-sectional horizontal distortion to which the liner is subjected (indicated at D) appreciably less than the nor- 40 mal diameter of the liner, and when the liner is cross-sectionally horizontally distorted it may still cross-sectionally vertically expand into the clearance space E so, as to compensate for the horizontal cross-sectional restriction of the liner.

The liner may thus be distorted and squeezed to provide a tight seal without being subjected to excessive stress or strain; and aside from the clearance, space E which permits necessary Vertical cross-sectional elongation of the distorted' 50 liner, there are no restricted recesses into which the liner may be crowded so as to unduly squeeze it and cause excessive wear at any point.

The ends of bore 3'preferably form grooves I0 and the ends of the'liner are preferably anged 65 as shown at II-, so that when inserting the liner its ends may be stretched so as to snap the flanges I2 at the ends ofthe valve body. As an instance of this arrangement the ends of the valve body may be flanged as shown I3, and the nanges I2 are bolted thereto as shown at I4 and provide connections whereby lengths of pipe may be secured to the flanges I2. 'Ihese connections may be1 threaded nipples I5 adapted to receive lengths of pipe I6. The flanges I2 are preferably shouldered as shown at I1 for reception in the ends of bore -3 so as to longitudinally abut the ends of liner` 1, and the flanges are preferably also shouldered at I8 soas to radially engage the liner ends for preventing radial displacement of the liner.

The plug may be turned a maximum distance to provide the tightest possible seal at points B-C, or to save wear on the liner may be turned to a lesser degree which will not squeeze the walls of the liner together as tightly but which may still provide an eifective shut off when the pressure of the fluid flowing through the valve is lower, or the plug maylbe turned to an intermediate position which will restrict the liner bore without completely closing it. Operating means are preferably provided for turning lthe plug any desired distance, with the operating means preferably automatically retaining any'adjusted position to which it is shifted so as to correspondingly restrict or completely shut off the bore of the liner.

For this purpose a worm gear quadrant may be fixed on a stem 2I of plug 5 which projects outwardly through a bearing 22 in the upper end of the Valve body, and meshes with a worm 23 which is formed on a shaft 24 which extends' across the valve body and which is journaled in bearings 25 projecting upwardly from the body. The shaft 24 may be manually rotated, preferably by a hand wheel 2B ,and stops 21-28. which may engage the gear quadrant 20 limit rotation of the shaft, so that when turned to its limit of movement in one direction vnth the gear quadrant abutting the stop 21 the plug 5" is turnedfor alinement of bores 3-6 as shown at Fig. 4, and when turned to its limit of movement in the opposite direction with the'stop 28 abutting the gear vquadrant the plug 5 is turned to the position' shown at Fig. 5, thereby forming a tight seal at points B-C. Ihe stop 28 is preferably adjustable as shown at 29 so as to regulate the tightness of the seal when the valve is turned all the way to closed position.

The worm drive thus holds the plug 5 against movement when turned to any desired position until the hand wheel 26 is rotated; and by turnrubber orthelike, with the liner which forms the protecting means adapted to be twisted and aliases squeezed togetherto insure an effective shut off, but with no possibility of the liner being so distorted as to unduly deform and cause excessive wear thereof.

' The invention also provides for readily assembling the valve and-replacing its liner, and for distorting the liner to provide any desired closure, with the liner automatically held in any desired distorted position until released by manually operating .the valve.

` I claim:

1. In combination, a valve body having a straight bore which is.circular in cross-section at each end and having means at said ends of the bore whereby lengths of pipe may be connected to the body for communication with thebore, the valveA body having a second bore intersecting the rst bore, a rotatable Valve plug journaled in the second bore and having a straight transverse bore cross-sectionally elongated inthe direction of the axis of the rotatable plug and adapted for alinement with the rst 'mentioned'body bore, a flexible liner in the rst mentioned body bore with its medial portion exi tending through and cross-sectionally elongated by the cross-sectional elongation of the plug bore but having the ends of its cross-sectional elongation spaced from the proximate end walls of the cross-sectional elongation -of the plug bore, and means for oscillating the plug for non-alining the plug bore and the rst mentioned body bore, the plug bore and the first mentioned body bore cooperating so that said non-alinement of these bores squeezes longitudinally spaced portions of the liner between side walls of the cross-sectionally elongated plug bore and sidewalls of the rst mentioned body bore, with said squeezing actions respectively at opposite ends of the plug bore and at opposite sides of the rst mentioned body bore.

2. In combination, avalve body having a bore, the valve body -having a second bore intersecting 'the first bore, a rotatable valve plug journaled in the second bore and having a transverse bore adapted for alinement with the first mentioned body bore, a flexible liner in the first mentioned body bore with its medial portion extending through the plug bore, and means for oscillating the plug for non-alining the plug bore and the i'st mentioned body bore, the plug bore and the first mentioned body borevcooperating so that said non-alinement of these bores squeezes longit-udinally spaced portions of the liner between side walls of the plug bore and sideV walls of the first mentioned body bore, with said squeezing actions respectively at opposite ends of the plug bore and at opposite sides of the first mentioned body bore.

3. In combination, a valve'bdy lhaving a bore the valve body having a second bore intersecting the rst bore, a rotatable valve plug journaled in the second bore and having a transverse bore crosssectionally elongated in the direction of the axis of the rotatable plug and adapted for alinement with the first-mentioned body bore, a

flexible liner in the first mentioned body-bore y A proximate end walls of the cross-sectionalelongation of the plug bore, and means for oscillating-the plug for non-alining the plug bore and the rst mentioned body bore, the plug bore and' the-m51; mentioned` body bore `cooperating so that said non-alinement of these bores squeezes longitudinally spaced portions of the liner between side walls of the cross-sectionally elongated 'l plug bore and side walls of the lrst mentioned body bore, with said squeezing actions respectively at opposite ends of the plug bore and. at

opposite sides of the first mentioned body bore.

4. In combination, a valve body having a bore, a rotatable element in the body having a transverse bore cross-sectionally elongated in the direotion of the rotary axis of said element and adapted for alinement with the body bore, a. iexible liner in the body bore extending through and crosstransverse bore and the body bore, the transverse bore and the body bore cooperating whereby said non-'alinement of these bores squeezes the liner between a side wall of the cross-sectionally elongated transverse bore and a side wall of the body bore.

JOEY W. MACCLATCl-g. "ir 

